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By: Richard Hubbert
Date: 12/09/2002

TOWN travel to Coventry with few expecting the Mariners to come back anything but empty handed from Highfield Road. Adding to their goals scored tally, which currently stands at a woeful one from seven games, would alone be an achievement!

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The Bottom Line

Itâ€™s quite simple. One goal in eleven hours of football. A goal would be nice!

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Town

Coventry

L	Chesterfield	(h)	0-1 (AET)
L	Millwall	(a)	0-2
L	Portsmouth	(h)	0-1
D	Bradford	(a)	0-0
L	Derby	(h)	1-2

W	Colchester	(h)	3-0
L	Forest	(h)	0-1
L	Watford	(a)	2-5
W	Palace	(h)	1-0
W	Reading	(a)	2-1

Players To Watch

Town	Coventry

John McDermott	Gary McSheffrey
Heâ€™s been Townâ€™s best player by far this season. He is our great captain. Sadly though, he is not "inspirational" because people simply donâ€™t take after him - if they did we wouldnâ€™t be in this mess! Macca though, is the clubâ€™s record appearance holder and has been with Town for 16 years and is showing no signs of ageing. Long may it continue.	Is the youngest player ever to appear in the Premier league, making his debut at just 16. Since then, he has had problems with various injuries, but a return to the Coventry side at the end of last season brought him back on track. Now, at the age of 20 is looking to make an impact in division one, and has done so far, currently the clubâ€™s top scorer with 3 goals.

Top Scorers

Town	Coventry
Barnard 1 Everyone else 0	McSheffrey 3 Bothroyd 2 Hughes 1 Davenport 1 Eustace 1

Team News

Town

Coventry

There are severe doubts over the fitness of Tony Gallimore who picked up an Achilles injury during Townâ€™s loss at home to Chesterfield on Tuesday night.

This could mean that Darren Barnard starts at left back, after recovering from the fluâ€™, and Stuart Campbell resumes on the left wing.

Terry Cooke needed stitches in his eye and could miss out. This would mean either Colidicott, Pouton Or Bolder Would have to play on the wing! Otherwise, a switch to 3-5-2 is likely.

Another alternative is Iain Ward who came on and did well against Chesterfield.

Striker Robert Taylor could return after his calf injury he sustained against Bradford. He is unlikely to be thrown in at the deep end, preliminarily because of his fitness, but also because of the promising Robinson-Kabba partnership up front.

Simon Ford could return at centre back, (hopefully!) in place of Steve Chettle. Elsewhere, one of Jamie Pollock or Chris Bolder could make the bench.

Gary McCallister has virtually a full squad to choose from since Mo Konjic's return to the side on Wednesday night in the Worthington Cup.

Only a long term injuries to Julian Joachim and Keith Oâ€™Neill affects what would be the former Scotland midfielderâ€™s first choice side.

Morten Hyldgaard is expected though, to return to the side after being rested for his sideâ€™s Worthington Cup clash with Colchester. He will replace Febien Debec between the posts.

Probable Starting XI's

Town

Coventry

Danny Coyne

John McDermott (c)

Darren Barnard

Simon Ford

Paul Groves

Terry Cooke

Alan Pouton

Stuart Campbell

Stacy Coldicott

Paul Robinson

Steve Kabba

Morten Hyldgaard

Richard Shaw

Gary Caldwell

Mo Konjic

Dean Gordon

Laurent Delorge

John Eustace

Gary McCallister

Youssef Chippo

Lee Mills

Gary McSheffrey

Subs

Town

Coventry

Robert Taylor

Iain Ward

Steve Chettle

Chris Bolder

Shaun Allaway (GK)

Febien Debec (GK

Jay Bothroy

Robert Bett

Lee Fowle

Barry Quinn

Last Time Out

The last time the two sides met, turned out to be Lennie Lawrenceâ€™s last game as Town manager, back on Boxing Day last year. 7,568 people turned up, expecting a Christmas Cracker. They certainly didnâ€™t get one! It was a lacklustre display from the Mariners who looked very different from the side that beat the Sky Blues at Highfield Road back in September. Lee Hughes scored the vital goal for the Midlands team, lobbing Danny Coyne. However, Hughes, now back at West Brom, then missed a penalty, sending his kick high into the Pontoon, and then got sent off for lashing out at Alan Neilson. Town, meanwhile, ended up with 4 strikers on the field and still failed to find the net.

Town Team: Coyne, Neilson, Gallimore, Groves, Ford, Chapman, Willems, Burnett, Butterfield, Jevons, Boulding.
Subs: Thompson, Coldicott, Jeffrey, Smith, Croudson.
Attendance: 4,940 Report

Coventry Head-to-Head (70th on The Opposition Ladder).

Prediction

Fishy prediction: 0-0. What else can it be without sounding unrealistic or just plain negative?.

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